Charles W Bishop

Military
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear, six men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are on the ground in front of kneeling men. UPL 67961 UPL 67961 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 30 October 1944/Gelsenkirchen (primary); bombed Hamm (secondary).
Back Row L-R: 1st Lt. Emil Pluhar (OBS/TG), Capt. Robert Chapin (1st N), Capt. Charles Bishop (P), Lt. Col. Theodore Milton (AC/CP), Capt. Richard Crown (B).
Front Row L-R: Lavern Harfman (TT), 2nd Lt. Richard Potter (2nd N), 1st Lt. Joseph Sarto (MO), James Carter (FG), Robert Guider (FG), Raymond Barth (RO).
545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 693 44-8007 Grafton Underwood Emil E Pluhar Robert Charles Chapin Charles W Bishop Richard K Crown Lavern F Harfman Richard Sellstrom Potter Joseph M Sarto Raymond Ernest Barth Theodore R Milton Robert H Guider James Kane Carter On

Object Number - UPL 67961 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 30 October 1944/Gelsenkirchen (primary); bombed Hamm (secondary). Back Row L-R: 1st Lt. Emil Pluhar (OBS/TG), Capt....

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sissy
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Seaton’s Sad Sack
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear  posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass.  Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are on the ground.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Angel
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50468) nicknamed "Sleeping Dynamite" of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over countryside with a formation of fellow Liberators. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo ex a/c 617 11/11/44. Archer.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '1044/R.F. 93BG Libs on way to enemy target 11/11/44.'
  • Date: 11 November 1944
  • Date: 30 October 1944
  • Date: 19 October 1944
  • Date: 3 October 1944
  • Date: 30 September 1944

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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GENERAL ORDER # 293, 8 APRIL 1945, from Headquarters 1 Air Division by Brigadier General Turner.

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